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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Here’s the second Chirality polish I bought from Edgy Polish, which is a
Swedish webshop that sells cool indie polishes.

I had forgotten that Chirality’s holos like an aqua basecoat, so I had
just applied my regular basecoat. Fortunately I remembered it before I applied
the polish, so I slapped on a layer of aqua underwear before I started
polishing.

The formula is great over an aqua basecoat. No dragging, no having to be
careful and only use light brush strokes. Just great polish coming out of the
bottle. It took two coats to make this opaque, and the drying time was good
too!

I had no sun available (I do live up in Northern
Europe after all), so all the pics are taken with flash. Ladies –
this is two coats, and no topcoat:

The holo effect is the same kind as in its sister Asymptote’s (link
here) - it’s like a glow from within, that even shows in lower lights.

The plum is a bit dusty – I do wish it had been more “clear”, but hey,
you can’t have everything you wish for, can you :)

This looks as if my nails are on fire!

I wanted to add a darker colour to this, to give it a bit of edge. I
used a deep shimmery burgundy from Pupa with the number M178. I taped three of
my nails and applied the Pupa on the free bit of the nail. Then I made a thin
stripe next to the filled in area. And lastly I used a craft punch to make a
heart shaped hole in a piece of masking tape; applied it to the nail and filled
it in.

I finished the whole thing off by applying one layer of Poshé topcoat,
and this is my final mani, right here:

I made hearts on my ring fingers and my thumbs. The heart is a little
bit too big for my ring finger, but the craft punch only came in one size so
that’ll have to do, LOL!

I am glad to see that Poshé doesn’t dull the holo effect in Convergence
– that’s really nice.

I like the quality of the Chirality polishes. They cover nicely and last
well. I do wish and hope they would consider making clearer colours too though,
so I’ll follow them closely :)

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

This is the first Dare to Wear polish where I have to write that I
didn’t like the formula much. It was thin and somewhat runny, and I struggled a
bit with the first coat. I applied the second coat as thickly as I could, and
was happy with the result after all. Drying time is a tiny bit slower than
average.

When I look at the bottle, the polish appears more purple than blue, but
it’s actually the opposite on the nails. The base is definitely blue, and the
purple shimmer is intense. It was *so* hard to capture on pics! I did make a
fair attempt, dear girls, trust me!

Here’s what two coats and a layer of Poshé topcoat looks like:

It’s a really special polish for sure! I love a good shimmer, and this
one has got that!

I played with one of my newer textures, a light green shimmer from
Misslyn called “Dazzling Water”. I used my dotting tool to create two “lines”
across each nail.

I didn’t apply topcoat after adding the textured lines – I wanted it to
be like a 3D pattern!

My intention was not to create crisp lines, but to make it look a bit
fuzzy. I think I succeeded, and I really like the look of the blurple and the
light green together!

I’ve found that it’s great to create interesting manis by adding a
textured pattern on the base colour. I’ll definitely play around with that some
more!

How’s this for a mani? Do you like this? Do you also hate the
frustration of photographing purple polishes that turn out blue on pictures?

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Are you up for another holo? I know I am. The sun is shining, and the
best way to celebrate that is to slap on another pretty holographic polish!

So I grabbed “Dirty Diana”, a holo made by Colors by Llarowe. It’s came
out this August, and is part of the ‘Tribute to Michael Jackson’ collection.
It’s a deep magenta and it looks absolutely beautiful in the bottle. I haven’t
tried any of Llarowe’s polishes yet, so I’m obviously interested in seeing how
good they are.

So, let’s get on with it. The formula is good and so is the
pigmentation. I used my regular basecoat, and didn’t experience any problems
with dragging or bald spots whatsoever. It took two easy coats to reach full
opacity and the drying time was really good too. And man – this baby is full of
rainbows that just explode in the sun!

Take a look for yourself if you don’t believe me!

This polish could easily enter my top ten of holos. Wow!

The hardest thing about this polish was actually to stop taking pictures
of it! :D

I decided to make some dots on it. I made a line of dots down the middle
of the nail. I used Urban Outfitters “Silver Holo” for that. This particular
silver holo has become my “to go” silver when it comes to nail art, I love it!

Anyway, then I made another dot on the silver, creating a half moon. I
used a Pupa polish with the number 051. It’s a berry coloured cream that is
definitely in the same colour scheme as Dirty Diana!

A layer of H K Girl top coat sealed it all up, and here’s what my mani
ended up looking like:

I actually like that there’s some non-holo polish to break the surface a
little bit!

Here’s what the mani looks like in the shadows.

This is why I really like Dirty Diana. She looks great out of the
sunshine as well!

Here are the three polishes I used:

I’m well impressed with this polish, both the colour, the pigmentation
and the drying time. I may even end up with more holos from Llarowe, who knows?
;)

Monday, October 28, 2013

Merope is Electra’s pretty sister (link here). Merope has got way more
plum and red in her than Electra has though, so they are definitely very
different.

I have read that it builds up – three coats is what it takes. It does
get more vibrant over black though, and I love vibrancy as you know, so that’s
exactly what I did. I started out with one layer of Essence “Black is Back”, my
default black. I have used up several bottles of this darkness! Then I applied
two coats of Merope. The formula is simply no less than great, and the drying
time is really good too. Talk about Win-Win! (we won’t, but you get my point). I’m
not sure that coat number two made that much of a difference to be honest, but
at least I know that I gave this beauty the best conditions to pose in!

I applied a layer of Poshé topcoat to make this baby shine as much as
possible. And here’s what Merope looks like; Two coats, one layer of Poshé:

The pictures are all taken under a light bulb in my bathroom. That seems
to be the best place to catch all the colour shifts.

I can see some golden or yellow in the bottle too, but I can’t see that
on my nails at all, neither in the pics or in real life. I don’t mind that at
all!

The colour shift is really cool in this polish, and I love all the
colours it flashes!

Merope is so much more than just blue and purple!

I wanted to spice it up a bit with some glitter, and I went for Rainbow
Honey “Unstealable Jewel” that I got for a review from Norway Nails a long time
ago (link to original blog post here). It’s pink, and I though the colour would
be better with this duochrome than it actually is.

My apologies to Merope for pairing her up with this particular glitter –
it won’t happen again, I promise!

Here’s the final mani – all sealed up with another layer of Poshé
topcoat:

That’s Merope for you! Do you like the colour shift, or are you not
impressed? I know I am! :)

Sunday, October 27, 2013

The colours of Lilipad Lacquers never fail to amaze me. I don’t think
I’ve ever seen a neon pink holo before!

The formula is good as always. I expected it to be by now, because
that’s all I’ve experienced with this brand. I use my regular base coat and don’texperience any dragging or bald spots.
The pigmentation is really good – it almost covered after the first coat! I did
apply two anyway, to give the polish the best possible posing conditions for
the camera :)

So dear ladies, here’s what two coats and no topcoat looks like:

All the pictures are taken with flash, because the sun is not being at
all cooperative at the moment, grr!

The holo effect isn’t the strongest one on the block, but I must say
that the pink neonliciousness makes up for that fact!

I stamped on it. I used gorgeous “Bejewelled” from Cirque (check it out
here). It’s a dark blue linear holo, and I thought it’d look really
pretty with this pink flamingo. I used a motif from my XL stamping plate B.
Poshé topcoat finished the mani beautifully:

I have to pat myself on the shoulder for choosing Bejewelled as my
stamping polish. I think these two colours look fantastic together, and the
holo of the blue works really good.

That’s another Lilipad Lacquer for you to enjoy. I don’t think that any
of them will ever leave my stash!

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Here’s another indie polish for you to enjoy. It’s the only Pahlish I’ve
got, but I’m always interested in trying new brands, so let’s just see how it
goes.

The formula is nice ’n easy to work with. I’ve looked up swatches, and
most of the reviews I read stated that they had used two coats. I wasn’t quite
satisfied after two coats, so I applied a third, and it’s amazing how big a
difference that last coat made! The depth changed amazingly, so yes, I’d say
that this is definitely a three-coater. Drying time is good, so that shouldn’t
hold you back from trying it if you’re into blue, green and glitter!

The glitter dried up completely flat on the nail, but I applied a layer
of Poshé topcoat to make this baby shine even more. Here’s the final result:
Three coats + one layer of Poshé:

I’m not usually a jelly fan, but I’m definitely willing to forgive this
for being a jelly. It’s like a deep, shiny ocean!

Here’s a slightly blurred picture – this is so pretty!

Perhaps I took a bit too many pictures of this, but I really like it.
All the pictures are taken in the sunshine, btw! The Sun is pretending to be a
Cat at the moment: It comes out, it wants to go in. It comes out , it wants to
go in.

Here’s one last pic. It’s an attempt to show you the depth of this
pretty blue:

I decided to decorate this in a real simple way. I made one stripe
diagonally across with a striper polish from Art Deco called Tropical, and
applied one last coat of Poshé topcoat.

Here’s my final mani:

Look at that shine!!

That’s my first Pahlish polish for you. I like the colour, the glitter
and the drying time. It would have been nice if two coats had been enough, but
I think I’m able to live with the necessary three!

Friday, October 25, 2013

I bought Mr. Positivity in New
York, along with a bunch of other Sephora X-polishes.
My boyfriend chose this as the first one of them to try on. Good choice!

I was very curious about the formula, since these polishes weren’t
exactly cheap, speaking in US terms. This one cost $12.5 plus tax, which was
8.875% = US$13.61. Not expensive here in Denmark,
but not cheap in the US.

The formula is good though. I had no problems with application at all,
and coverage was good, even for a jelly. Two coats is what it took to make this
baby shine. The polish dries up a little bit gritty, not more than a layer of
topcoat can handle though. Drying time is pretty average, no problems in that
department either.

Here is what two coats and a layer of Poshé topcoat looks like:

I am really pleased with the look of this glitter!

I still wanted to do something fun with it, and decided to go with
stripes today. I picked a hot pink striper and a silver glitter striper. I
painted one pink stripe down the middle of each nail. Then I painted one silver
glitter stripe on each side of the pink. When that was dry I added a second
coat of pink to the middle stripe, to make sure it was nice and opaque, and
made one thinner stripe over the silver glitter. When that was all dry I sealed
it all up with another layer of Poshé topcoat, and here is my final mani:

I love the pink and the green together, I think they go really well
together!

Here is one final shot of my mani.

And the pretties:

The Sephora X polish didn’t let me down. I loved the formula and how
easily the glitter spread out. The colour is really nice and I really like how
the mani turned out. I’m glad that I bought more than one of them!

What do you think? Have you tried the Sephora X-series yet? Do you want
to?

Some polishes simply aren’t that easy for us European girls to get our
little hands on, and so I was very happy to see a Swedish shop sell Chirality
polishes. I bought three of them, of which this is the first I’ve tried on.

I didn’t use an aqua basecoat for this green pretty polish, but I should
have. I could feel that the formula was okay, but I did experience some dragging
with the first coat. So I used the lightest touch possible on coat number two,
and I was happy to see that everything just evened out. Yay! The drying time is
good too, which is always a plus in my book. I’m also pleased that it only
needed two coats to look great!

The sun wasn’t as cooperative as it has been lately, so I had to take
these pictures in my bathroom under a lightbulb.

Take a look at how pretty it is:

The polish can shine for sure. And the holo showed too – I just know
that this’ll be a beauty in the sunshine once that’s back.

I tried to take pictures from many different angles, just to show you
the full spectrum of it.

One last shot alone:

I decided to spice it up a little bit. I taped my nails and applied a
layer of A England Avalon – which is a damn pretty purple shimmer, and a one
coater. Then I made a line of dots over the taped area, sealed it all up with a
layer of H K Girl topcoat, and here’s my final mani:

I think the green and the purple go great hand in hand!

And here’s one last shot – I like this!

So my verdict on these Chirality polishes is that yes, they’re
definitely worth giving a go if you’re into holographic polishes. Formula,
drying time and pigmentation is good, just take my advice and use an aqua
basecoat and you’ll be fine.